David Thomas News

With 11:19 remaining and the score tied at 20 on Sunday at the Superdome, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees stood in the Girod Street end zone, head down, away from his five offensive linemen who hovered nearby.

After seven weeks of the 2009 NFL season, it's business as usual for New Orleans Saints tight end David Thomas.

In a sixteen game season it's hard to look your best each week. But at the end of the day it's about winning and it's about surviving.

Here's the final New Orleans Saints mailbag file of the week. In case you're counting, that's six mailbags and 85 questions, which I believe is an unofficial Saints Mailbag record for participation.

Drew Brees does not shy away from the stakes of the New Orleans Saints' home game tonight against their hated NFC South rival, the Atlanta Falcons.

Sean Payton brought fullback Heath Evans to the Saints with the aim of gaining versatility on the field and leadership in the locker-room. The Saints will have to settle for the latter for the rest of this season.

Lost amid the Saints' intoxicating start is this sobering reality: Reggie Bush has become a role player.

DAVID THOMAS After I drove my kids to school this morning, I opened up the newspaper to read a headline that said this morning's commute would be drier.

One of the primary reasons for the New Orleans Saints' turnaround and gradual climb into the NFL's elite over the last three years has been the front office's ability to spot small-school and late-round talent.

DAVID THOMAS It is amazing what the Dallas Cowboys of Arlington not playing for one weekend does for our opinion of them.When last we saw the Cowboys, they were in an Arrowhead Stadium end zone celebrating a hard-fought victory over the winless Kansas City Chiefs, and we were pretty much thinking that they should just stay in that end zone and not ...

In what is surely the game of the week in the NFL, the team from the Big Easy looks to complete its sweep of teams representing the Big Apple.

By DAVID THOMAS I can't remember where I saw it, but somebody somewhere had the New Orleans Saints' Drew Brees listed as the third-best quarterback in the NFL at the moment.

Park Street 'A' fought back from 2-0 down to secure a convincing 6-2 win over Inn on the Green in the Bingham Cox Cup at the weekend.

DAVID THOMAS The NFL begins its bye weeks this week, which means there are two fewer games.

In Malibu, beach houses hug the Pacific Ocean for miles on end. Each one looks different than the next.

DAVID THOMAS The Tennessee Titans try to avoid going 0-3. The Detroit Lions have a chance to win.

"Special teams definitely showed up to play," said Laurence Maroney , who returned the game's opening kickoff 52 yards.

DAVID THOMAS Fifty-seven points. That's all. I went 12-4 picking games in Week 1, and my teams were a mere 57 points from pulling out those games and giving me a perfect picks record heading into this weekend.Hey, only the '72 Dolphins can win 'em all.

DAVID THOMAS I'm on a rusty roll, I guess you could say. I've nailed my last three NFL picks, although the most recent came more than seven months ago.

Tom Brady and the Patriots wouldn't have wanted Ben Watson anywhere last night except in the back of the Gillette Stadium end zone with the football in his hands.